...shall never be suspended by either of said Houses. ARTICLE VIII. SLAVES. SECTION 1. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves. in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, to emancipate hie slave or slaves. SEC. 3. The Legislature...

...abolition of slavery, threw around that institution an additional safeguard by providing that "the General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws...emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owner or owners;" and by a vote of 33 to 23 changed the language of the clause regulating the elective...

..."SCHEDULE. '•SECTION 1. Section 31 of the second article of the constitution, which is as follows : 'The general assembly shall have no power to pass laws...emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owner or owners,' is hereby abrogated. "SEC. 2. ' The declaration of independence and ordinance dissolving...

...31 of the second article of the constitution, which is as follows, " The general assembly shall ha\e no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owner or owners," is herebyabrogated. SEC. 2. " The declaration* of independence and ordinance dissolving...

...ordinance passed August 21 1865. The original Article in place of this was as follows : "1. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, unless where the slave shall have rendered to the State some distinguished service ; in which case...

...confer such powers upon the courts. With respect to slavery, it is enacted that no laws shall be passed for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners a full equivalent, and providing for their removal from the state. Owners may emancipate their slaves,...

...confer such powers upon the courts. With respect to slavery, it is enacted that no laws shall be passed for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners a full equivalent, and providing for their removal from the state. Owners may emancipate their slaves,...

...same, and là Inviolable, as the right of the owner of any property whatever. SBC. 2. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation...the consent of their owners, or without paying their ownen, previous to emancipation, a füll equivalent In money for the slaves so emancipated. They shall...

...the right of the owner of any property whatever. SEC. 2. The Legislature shall have no power to pase laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent...owners, or without paying their owners, previous to emancipation, a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no power to...

...relieved or discharged on account of such securityship. ARTICLE VII. Concerning Slaves. SEC. i. The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws...equivalent in money, for the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this State from bringing with them such persons as...